Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

106 reviews

crystalisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

lovelyandmorbid's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Gay PI mystery is one of my fave micro genres, can't wait for the next book, please rec more books like this to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent

tmkutawrites's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Hate crime, Violence, and Murder

craftyhilary's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This slow burn mystery is rife with the homophobia of the period and centers the challenges faced by its predominantly queer characters. The keen despair of disgraced former police officer Andy Mills, recruited to investigate the death of the wealthy matriarch Irene Lamontaine, is hard to bear, as is the emotional and physical violence he and others experience both on page and off. But the payoff is well worth it, and I am excited to see what the future holds for this series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Murder

livelaughlavalamp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

delandbeforetime's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Homophobia

definestrange's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

raptorq's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Sexual content, and Death of parent

maddiereadswords's review against another edition

4.5

I really thought that I just wasn't a fan of noir detective fiction in general, but turns out I'll read and enjoy just about anything if you make it gay enough. I flew through this book in two sittings over the course of an afternoon, I literally couldn't put it down. I'm not a huge mystery reader, so even though I figured it out by the end, it really had me guessing. I fell in love with the entire cast of characters, and I cannot wait to read more of this series!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katiedid4's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Police brutality

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Dementia, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Murder